§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General if he will provide figures for the most recently available date, and in the table form used at column 157, Official Report, on 29 October 1986, of the number of people who (a) have been interviewed under the restart programme and (b) have been placed into a destination by the Manpower Services Commission for the four London area manpower board areas and for the area manpower board area covering the former Merseyside county council.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe figures given in the form used by my hon. Friend in his reply of 29 October 1986 have to be used with care as they are only a measure of the 607W extent to which we know of direct placements made as the immediate result of an interview. This is not a measure of the total number of people who find work or training directly or indirectly as a result of the restart programme.
Seventy Five per cent. of participants agree to pursue the offer made to them at their interview and we do not know the results of all of them. The immediate placings do not include the many people who subsequently find jobs, or other openings, such as training, as a result of counselling, restart courses, or the outcome of other elements of the restart menu.
Numbers interviewed and placed for the period 12 May to 8 January.
London Number Interviewed 95,883 Placed in Jobs as a direct result of restart interviews 568 Placed on community programme 1,689 Placed in job clubs 970 Placed on enterprise allowance scheme 332 x Placed on training schemes 1,350 Placed on restart courses 6,282 Placed on the voluntary projects programme or in other voluntary work 166 I am not able to apportion the totals for London to specific area manpower board areas. Merseyside Interviewed 52,203 Placed in jobs as a direct result of restart interviews 374 Placed on community programme 857 Placed in job clubs 670 Placed on enterprise allowance scheme 107 Placed on training schemes 1,468 Placed on restart courses 4,344 Placed on the voluntary projects programme or in other voluntary work 255